Media covera­ge of attack­s has notice­ably reduce­dKABUL: Afghan media are facing growing pressure to cut back coverage of militant attacks following the death of two television reporters who were among 20 killed in an attack on a sports club in Kabul last week. Afghanistan extends Taliban ceasefire after suicide attack kills 25Their deaths came two and a half years after seven Tolo TV employees were killed by a Taliban suicide attacker who rammed a car bomb into a bus driving them home from the station. Media coverage of attacks had already been noticeably reduced following the deadly blast in April and last week’s incident is likely to restrict coverage further, said Lotfullah Najafizada, head of Tolo News. With international media presence in Afghanistan sharply reduced since the withdrawal of international troops in 2014, domestic media outlets have filled the gap but their work has become increasingly difficult. 16 killed, 38 wounded by blast in southern Afghan city“You have a lot of no-go areas, there is a long list of things you cannot do,” Najafizada said.

Source: The Express Tribune September 10, 2018 09:56 UTC